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TICKET STAMPING AND GUTTIN G MACHINE. No. 500,797. Patented July 4, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE.

RUDOLF BUSEK, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

TICKET STAMPING AND CUTTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,797, dated July 4-,1893.

Application filed August 24, 1892. Serial No. 445,937. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUDOLE BUSEK, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Vienna, Austria-I'Iungary, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Ticket Stamping and Cuttingflvlachines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a ticket stamping andcutting machine, especially adapted for use on railroad stations andticket selling agencies, simple and durable in construction and reliablein operation.

The invention consists in the improved ticket stamping and cuttingmachine, in the tickets, to be used in connection with said machine, andthe combination and arrangement of the various parts thereof,substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described, and finallyembodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts, in each of the several views:Figure 1. is a vertical central section of my improved apparatus. Fig.2.is a front elevation of the same, and Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 areillustrations of the various tickets to be used in connection with myapparatus.

In said drawings a represents a frame, to which is secured in anydesired manner the upwardly extending arm a, provided at or near its topwith a pin 0, on which is pivoted an oscillating frame or receptacle b.The lower portion of said frame is of segmental shape, as shown at bFig. 1, and is also provided with an inwardly projecting arm or counterweight b and hook or nozzle b The latter is adapted to engage anupwardly extending projection 11 of frame a, thus limiting the forwardmotion of the oscillating frame I). In said frame and pivoted at cl toarm a, is arranged a plate 1 in the lower end of which rotates theordinary and well known type wheel 15 and the hand wheel g, the latterbeing provided at its outer periphery with a series of grooves orrecesses, adapted to be engaged by the curved portion of spring h,

the upper end of which is secured to plate 2' in any desired manner. Tothe lever z' is also secured (firmly or pivotally) a downwardlyextending arm .9, controlled by spring Z, and provided with a recess 19and a cutting edge q. Said recess is adapted to engage a projecting lugn of spring f, which latter is secured to oscillating frame I) and isprovided with a downwardly extending projection f, arranged opposite theticket rest or table 0, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Saidlug n is so arranged on springf, that it wil1, when in normal position,engage the upper edge of recess 19, thus preventing the oscillatingmotion of frame b. If desired, the ticket rest or table 0 can also beprovided with an upwardly extending cutting edge (0' in Fig. 2), toassist the cuttingedge q, when being operated. The front of the typewheel is partially covered with an adjustable cap 70, as in the oldstyle of ticket stamping or dating machines. Below the ticket rest is anopening m, arranged opposite and below the cutting edge (1 of arm 3, andleading to a square or rectangular box or chamber w, placed in the lowerportion of the frame a. The box is provided at its top with a movablecover to, extending to about half of the depth of the box, and adaptedto close the opening 00. A locking plate r, is inserted at 2 through thebottom of the box,-and is operated like a lock bolt by a key-or in anydesired manner to engage the sliding cover w of the box as. That is tosay when the box is locked, the upper edge of locking plate 1" engagesthe groove or recess o of top plate 10. Said box can be easily taken outof the frame a, but, when the top is moved backward (the box an opened),the locking plate 4" will extend downward within the frame a, andprevent the removal of said box, as will be manifest, and its objectmore fully described hereinafter.

The above described machine requires specially arranged tickets, and Ihave shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings, some forms oftickets, which can be used in connection therewith.

The ticket, shown in Fig. 3. is provided at one end with three coupons,representing the third, second and first class.

(representing the third class) is provided with the cost of. third classtravel; the second one (second class) has printedthereon the differencein price between third and second class travel, and the third one(representing first class)-the difference between second The outside oneIOO and first class. At the opposite end of the ticket may be arrangedin a similar way the coupons for half tickets. The coupons may also beprinted in different colors, if desired.

Fig. 4. represents a ten trip ticket, and Fig. 5. a first accommodationticket, before selling, and Fig. 6.illustratcs the latter, when sold,ready for use (the coupon being out oif by the machine).

The operation of my improved machine is as follows; reference being hadto Figs. 1 and 3. A second class ticket to a certain station is desired.The ticket agent takes a ticket as illustrated in Fig. 3, puts thelatter on the ticket rest or table 0 and presses it against theextension f, until the lug n disengages its respective recess. The frameI), by the weight of the hand will swing backward on its fulcrum c,carrying along the plate 2', which latter again will swing on its pivot66, and as the radius of the frame I) and fulcrum i are of differentsize, the cutting edge q will move downward, thus cutting the firstcoupon off the ticket. Simultaneously the date is stamped by the typeWheel on the ticket. When the agent releases the hand pressure andweight, the machine will return (by its counter weight 6 to its normalposition. The same operation as above described is repeated to cutoffthe second coupon from the ticket. The out 01f coupons will drop intothe box as and will, when added together, give the price, received forthe ticket. By this arrangement,

a perfect control of the money taken in and the tickets sold, isobtained.

I do not intend to limit myself to the construction shown and described,as Various changes can be made, without changing the scope of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a ticket stamping and cutting machine the combination of the mainframe a, and its arm a, of the oscillating frame I) suspended from saidarm a and carrying the ticket rest 0, with the oscillating plate 2'carrying a stamping device g and cutter 8, said frame I) and plate toscillating in different arcs and from different points of support, saidframe 19 carrying the springfand lug 'n adapted to lock and unlock saidplate 2', all arranged so that a ticket when placed upon the rest 0 andpressed inward will unlock said plate 2' and said plate 2' and frame I)be oscillated and thus the stamping device 9 and cutter s be broughtinto contact with said ticket, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

RUD OL-F BUSEK.

Witnesses:

W. B. MURPHY, PAUL BERGER.

